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Not long after getting our hammocks [1] we decided to give an overnight a go in the back yard [2] so I dutifully set up my hammock, bug net and tarp [3], leaving room for her hammock as well. After dark we settled in for what was the most uncomfortably hot night I've experienced since my days in the Army. To make matters worse, there were all manner of noisy critters making sleep difficult at best [4] and prompting me to announce "Nature sure is loud. I wish 'Nature' would shut the <expletive deleted> up so I can get some sleep!" [5]. It finally did and I finally did. That said, I still felt great the next morning. It was the first time in years I've woken up [6] and not been stiff/sore/achy/etc.

[1] I have a DoubleNest, G/f has a Grand Truck... something or another
[2] July in Alabama can be "warmish", to put it mildly. At 2 am the temp was still in the upper 80s
[3] Tarp was primarily to keep pine tree "poop" of us.
[4] Didn't think to bring earplugs
[5] Now a running joke between us, albeit cleaned up an suitable for all audiences.
[6] By the neighbors dog barking right in my ear

although the one animal I don't like to hear is a black bear crashing through the woods around my hammok
Dearly And Sincerely, Jonah! ps: we did hang our food in a tree probably to low but the bears didn'y get it!

Packs of howling/barking hunting dogs chasing hogs all night!
Makes ME want to take up hunting - for the dogs!!

All the others sounds are "natural" and I enjoy them as part of my quest for the outdoors. I like even hiking in the rain so I have no problem with on my tarp. Owls! Now there's a lot of "sound to weight" ratio! But I love hearing them.

I enjoy hanging by swift moving creeks and streams... very relaxing. Sometimes when I'm hanging by a gentle falls I'm at one with the universe and can only, just barely, hear my children decimating the National Forest, and terrorizing the local flora and fauna--these are the moments we cherish.